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Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (15 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the need for the dean or head of the diplomatic corps to be the longest serving ambassador resident in the State; if he supports the Papal Nuncio continuing as dean or head of he diplomatic corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/09]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (15 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, at their recent meeting, the Papal Nuncio agreed that he and the Vatican would furnish the Murphy commission with all documentation and information previously sought by it in connection with its inquiry into the archdiocese of Dublin; if he confirmed that there would be similar co-operation with regard to the inquiry being conducted...

Personal Apology by Deputy (11 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Remind us, what did the Deputy say?

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ask the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to reopen the investigation into the murder and suspected rape in 1970 of a person (details supplied); the location of the file relating to the murder; and if he will make a statement on allegations made the murder was not fully and comprehensively...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on allegations made that senior members of An Garda Síochána interfered with and prevented a full investigation taking place into the murder and suspected rape in 1970 of a person (details supplied); if an investigation officer was stopped from interviewing a suspect named on this file; if...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget allocated for child protection in 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount of this budget spent in each of these years by the Health Service Executive and other organisations mandated to carry out work in regard to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46493/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings of the national youth work advisory committee held in 2009; the criteria for membership of this body; the remuneration its members receive either by way of salary or expenses; if she will provide minutes of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46494/09]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure of the Garda vetting unit in checking the criminal records of persons who apply to it to be vetted; the length of time this procedure takes; the method used to check records of persons convicted prior to the introduction of the Pulse system; the length of the backlog in the system; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is mandatory for youth workers or those with unsupervised access to children and young people to be vetted by the Garda Vetting Unit; if not, whether he proposes to make it mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46499/09]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Vetting Unit has in place a system of checking criminal records of persons who may have offended in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46498/09]

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Will the Minister tell the House what consideration of any nature was given by the Department or those operating under its aegis to the welfare of the child in the period between when the child was removed from the mother in Dublin Airport and the mother being deported on 1 September? When was it learned that the District Court had determined in the interests of the welfare of the child that...

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is punishing the child.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister should outline the position in respect of the child.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: I accept that. However, the Minister should tell us about the child's welfare.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is evading the issue. He should talk about the child, not the mother.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister presented himself in heroic guise two weeks ago. The child is being traumatised by the State as a result of the conduct of its mother.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: So that is the reason a child is being traumatised.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Is the Minister aware that it is the view of the HSE and the courts that the welfare of the child is not consistent with the child being returned to Nigeria? Is he also aware that the reason the child remains in this jurisdiction is that the District Court is required to regard the welfare of the child as the paramount consideration and to make orders in the best interests of the child? Is...

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Did the Minister receive a recommendation from the HSE to the effect that child should be sent to Nigeria? That answer is that he did not.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Did the HSE make a recommendation in that regard? The Minister is aware that the HSE made no such recommendation.